Game engine used?

[paktsardines]

Byte code? You kids got it easy. In my day we didn't even have bytes... we had panels... eight levers to a panel.

010110010110111100100000011011010110000101101101011011010110000100100000011011000110100101101011011001010111001100100000011000100111100101110100011001010010000001100011011011110110010001100101

[xander]

ANSI C (C99 for those who care). Everything else is crap. :P

xander

Assembly or go home.

I wasn't meaning to get into who can program at the lowest level---I just really, really like C. It is clean and simple, and allows you to get pretty close to the hardware without having to speak assembly. The language is old enough and the compilers optimized enough that you can be pretty sure of getting good, fast code. Since most of what I do in terms of programming is mathematical simulation, C is the way to go. I can write a one-off pretty quickly, let it spin for a while, and be done.

xander

[paktsardines]

Plus completing something in C is far more satisfying than some girly language like PHP.

[MAdMaN]

I wasn't meaning to get into who can program at the lowest level

I was just being silly (I'm not a programmer).

[iScripters]

Plus completing something in C is far more satisfying than some girly language like PHP.

PHP ftw

[paktsardines]

My full-time job is php programmer, and it's a full-time stupid language.


edit: Here's just one example of many:
Let's say:
$i="0";
$j=null;
k="\0";
l=""

In php, does $i == $j? yes
In php, does $i == "0"? No, it goddamn doesn't. wtf?
In php, does $j == $k? No.
In php, does $k == $l? No.
In php, does $l == null? No.

Php is liquid poo, bottled as a cure-all. iScripters, there's no room for your charleton religion. PHP should never have been used for anything but a pretty average templating tool.

[NeatNit]

My full-time job is php programmer, and it's a full-time stupid language.


edit: Here's just one example of many:
Let's say:
$i="0";
$j=null;
k="\0";
l=""

In php, does $i == $j? yes
In php, does $i == "0"? No, it goddamn doesn't. wtf?
In php, does $j == $k? No.
In php, does $k == $l? No.
In php, does $l == null? No.

Php is liquid poo, bottled as a cure-all. iScripters, there's no room for your charleton religion. PHP should never have been used for anything but a pretty average templating tool.

Are you... Serious... What?!

[paktsardines]

Yes, I'm serious. Happy to answer/debate specifics if you'd like.

[NeatNit]

Yes, I'm serious. Happy to answer/debate specifics if you'd like.

First question: Do you want to kill yourself?




Second question: Why don't you?

[HerrJoebob]

Let's say:

$i="0";
$j=null;

In php, does $i == $j? yes

Why does $i==$j? Is $i="0" a PHP syntax for assigning null? If so that is pretty jacked.

As a C++ programmer the rest kinda sorta make sense to me...

[paktsardines]

Yeah, php stupidly treats a zero in quotes as null. It make life difficult when you want to compare anything to the character '0'

The following illustrates some more oddities, if you run php over it:

Code: Select all

$values = array(
           '0 (numeric)' => 0,
           "'0'" => '0',
           '"0"' => "0",
           '"\0"' => "\0",
           '"0\0"' => "0\0",
           'null' =>  null,
           "''" => '',
           'false' => false,
           'str_false' => 'false',
           'true' => true,
           'str_true' => 'true'
);

foreach ($values as $name => $value) {
        print_r("Name:$name\n");
        print_r('isset:' . yay_nay(isset($value)) . "\n");
        print_r('is_null:' . yay_nay(is_null($value)) . "\n");
        print_r('empty:' . yay_nay(empty($value)) . "\n");
        print_r('is true:' . yay_nay($value == true) . "\n");
        print_r('is false:' . yay_nay($value == false) . "\n\n");
}

function yay_nay ($value) {
        if ($value == 1) {
                return 'yes';
        }
        else {
                return 'no';
        }
}


[xander]

--==<snip==--

You know, it is shit like that which makes me never regret my decision to study pure mathematics, and stay the hell away from anything that might be remotely considered applied, practical, or useful.

xander

[Daiky]

-"What is a good game language/ engine to use for a simulation game?"
-"Visual studio c++"
-"Will look into this. Once again thank you for the USEFUL information provided!"

- discussing php quirks

Why didn't anyone just tell the OP that the engine is (home-made and) based on SDL? That would be imho the most useful answer/post for the OP in this entire thread.

Trying to compile some simple SDL game examples and then tweaking/modding them is a great place to start learning C++, the visual studio IDE and the SDL libraries. And with some dedication and a lot of free time, he might be able to start writing his game... after 5 years or so.
Or more likely he will get frustrated at some point, underestimating the amount of work needed to write games and abandons his idea and just plays games instead of trying to make one.

In that case, it didn't matter what you answer/post in this thread, hmm, so discussing php quirks might be even more useful in the end. Only the title of the thread is confusing.

[paktsardines]

Why didn't anyone just tell the OP that the engine is (home-made and) based on SDL?

Because internets.

[xander]

-"What is a good game language/ engine to use for a simulation game?"
-"Visual studio c++"
-"Will look into this. Once again thank you for the USEFUL information provided!"

- discussing php quirks

The OP got the information that he thought he wanted. Thread over. He was happy, we were happy. Why not discuss the quirks of PHP?

Why didn't anyone just tell the OP that the engine is (home-made and) based on SDL? That would be imho the most useful answer/post for the OP in this entire thread.

Looks like you just did. You are hereby awarded one internets.

xander